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RE: [epf-dev] "Selling" OpenUp...

Hi Jan,

 

I have an article in the Oct/Nov issue of IBM Systems Magazine, Open
Source Edition, on deploying OpenUP that might help you
(http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/opensystems/). Unfortunately it won’t be
in the on-line version until mid-October or so. If you’re interested let
me know via direct email and I’ll sneak you a copy of the draft.

 

There’s also an article introducing OpenUP that might be helpful when
introducing the process to your stakeholders. See
http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/opensystems/enewsletterexclusive/13476p1.as
px. The hard copy version of the article is in the Aug/Sept version of
the magazine.

 

- Jim

 

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Jim Ruehlin, IBM Rational

RUP Content Developer

Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) Committer www.eclipse.org/epf

email:           jruehlin@xxxxxxxxxx

phone:         760.505.3232

ITN:             25448148

fax:              949.369.0720

 

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From: epf-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:epf-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of "Jan Fincher" <Jan.Fincher@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:43 AM
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Subject: [epf-dev] "Selling" OpenUp...

 

As an end user of EPFC and OpenUP, I can tell you that I would greatly
appreciate having additional materials around how to successfully use
OpenUP. 

Our very small shop (4 developers) is moving from having virtually no
documented processes to a customized version of OpenUp and the amount of
material to review, ingest and integrate with our unwritten process is
nearly overwhelming. 

Further, we will need to be able to eventually present OpenUp from the
stakeholders' point of view and that will have to an even more
simplified view. 

That said, I really like the idea of having an abridged version of
OpenUp as a starting place. It's essentially what I'm in the process of
building now since my group does not want to try to delve into OpenUp
too deep or too fast. 

Jan Fincher 
Business Applications Analyst 
Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation 
jan.fincher@xxxxxxxxx 

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1. Re: Wednesday Release Planning Call (Per Kroll) 
2. Fw: Notes from today's call (Per Kroll) 


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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:13:31 -0400 
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Paulo, 

I think this is an excellent point. 
I think that these examples needs to come from projects where people 
harvest, versus being produced as examples... Otherwise people will not 
see them as 'real' 
Also, in practices, you need examples from different project types... We
have repeatadle run in to the problem when showing customers examples
that 
they say "hey, this is from insurance industry. We are in telecom. We 
cannot use these examples..." 

So, I think the solution needs to be that people are willing to harvest 
(and clean up) actual artifacts. It is ok that they are imperfect. No 
project produces all 'perfect' artifacts, you produce just enough for
what 
you need to move on.... 

So, if anybody has projects to harvest from, pls go ahead! 

Cheers 

Per Kroll 
Project Lead: Eclipse Process Framework 
Rational Software, IBM Corp 
(M) 408-219-2963 



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Hello, 

I just want to say some words to collaborate :-) 

Here in Brazil, i see people leaving college with no knowledge of
software 
development process, but they want to learn a process that gives them a 
way to do their job. 

IMHO, i think if we give to community, complete examples(cases) of the 
process with all artifacts filled and linked/related with tasks that 
generate it, something like a reverse approach to the normal way of
using 
a process, it will be easier to learn the process because they will have
concrete things on hand, that could be adapted to their reality. 

hope this help, 

Cheers, 

Paulo Moreira 


PS: Perhaps some kind of survey can help to catch the community desire. 


Steve Adolph < steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu: 
Hello everyone: 

After last week?s call, I was thinking more about what I believe is 
necessary to include in the next release of OpenUP. In my opinion a 
methodology does not survive and prosper based on its own merits, it 
survives because there is a community. IMHO, XP and Scrum have taken off
because they are easy to get started with (although the ease of getting 
started does not necessarily imply ease of use), they have charismatic 
champions telling their audience what the audience wants to hear. There
is 
a wide range of supporting material including books and courses to help 
people get started with these methods. If OpenUP is to survive and find 
its place in the hearts and minds of developers then we need to focus on
capturing people?s imaginations. In this era of 10 second sound bites we
need to do that quickly. I would like to propose the following
activities 
for general and overarching issues: 

1) We need an OpenUP course ? or more to the point, course material 
we can spin into a half day tutorial or re-spin into a two day ?hands
on? 
workshop. Something that not only introduced OpenUP but iterative 
development. A possible course title is ?Iterative Development with 
OpenUP?. 
2) I think we need a version of OpenUP that is less intimidating than 
the version we have at the moment. OpenUP is suppose to be for small
teams 
yet it has the appearance of a voluminous and complex process. What if
we 
created some kind of ?abridged? version that reduced the cognitive load
on 
the early adopters? This version would not be maintained as part of the 
composer. Rather, it would be more like a cheat sheet that simply
captured 
the essence, phase, iterations, work item list, focus on architecture, 
risk management. A version that if a person took a half day OpenUP 
tutorial they had at least a chance of making a positive change using 
OpenUP. 
3) I also believe we need to strongly encourage and support 
translation efforts. I know there was some interest in creating a
Russian 
translation of OpenUP, but I do not know what has happened since. 
4) A book? I was intrigued by the suggestion of creating a ?red 
book?. I don?t know if I can physically sequester myself with a writing 
team, but I am willing to wager that we have enough material between us
to 
create a simple book. Perhaps ?Post Agile Development with OpenUP? 

These are just some thoughts I had for tomorrow?s call. Look forward to 
chatting with you all? 
Steve 
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